Charles Raymond Willoughby

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Charles Raymond Willoughby was born in Alvediston, Wiltshire, on 8 Sep 1891 the son of Charles Willoughby and Sarah Ann Willoughby (nee Fortune).   He spent his early life in Knoyle Street, East Knoyle, Wiltshire, until by 1911 his family moved to Kingston Deverill, Wiltshire.   He enlisted and joined the Mounted Police Corps becoming a Lance Corporal (Service No. P/2953).  Whilst serving he married Maud Baynton at St. Mark's Church, Noel Park, Middlesex, on 1 Apr 1916.   The 1921 Census shows him living at 61 Mark Road, Wood Green, Middlesex, working as a police Constable with the Metropolitan Police out of Wood Green Police Station. By the time of the 1939 Register he was living at 29 White Hart Lane, Tottenham, Middlesex, described now as a Police Constable (Retired) though he was still on the Metropolitan Police Reserve.  He died in Warminster, Wiltshire, on 3 Sep 1970.